Education
Chance For Young Politicos To Shine
Hey kids! Want to be the youngest elected official in Idaho with authority to levy $40,000,000 in taxes in the name of higher education?
If you are a registered voter living in Ada or Canyon County you can get your name on the ballot to fill one of the 5 open seats on the College [...]
Caldwell To Start Building Without Agreement
By PAUL ALLDREDGE
CALDWELL GUARDIAN
THE GUARDIAN received a beautiful invitation to the groundbreaking ceremony for TVCC in Sky Ranch next week.
We did a public records request for the financial arrangements with the developer, City of Caldwell, TVCC and the Caldwell Urban Renewal District only to get a response from city attorney, Mark Hilty stating that no [...]
Shame On CWI Apartheid Meeting Plans
The fledgling College of Western Idaho–approved by voters last year–is about to get off on the wrong foot with plans to have “invitation only” meetings to gather information to shape the future of the college.
It is inappropriate, demeaning, and illegal to hold meetings with “common citizens” in public and then conduct a similar [...]
Caldwell Councilor On TVCC Funding Scheme
A GUARDIAN reader inquired of a Caldwell City Councilor about the wisdom of the lease-purchase scheme about to be signed with Oregon’s Treasure Valley Community College without voter approval when the College of Western Idaho has yet to even open its doors.
Here–unedited–is the explanation she got from a Caldwell Councilor:
“This is true with a couple [...]
Caldwell Forgets Ada Courthouse Fiasco
BY THE CALDWELL GUARDIAN
Paul Alldredge
THE CALDWELL GUARDIAN attended the Chamber of Commerce Lunch at the College of Idaho yesterday and learned about plans for a Treasure Valley Community College (of Ontario, Oregon) campus to be built in Caldwell…before the voter-approved College of Western Idaho has even opened its doors.
The plan to get this Oregon based [...]
C Of I Grant No Factor To CWI
When the Albertson Foundation ponied up $50 mill to the College of Idaho and apparently endorsed dropping the family name off the college letterhead, at least one GUARDIAN reader voiced concern about the future of the new College of WESTERN IDAHO Community College.
We did some checking and were assured by both the Albertson Foundation [...]
